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If a design business operates within the law, is it also operating within an ethical business environment? You could reverse that and ask: If a company operates ethically, is it also operating within the law? Most people believe that ethics involves “doing the right thing.” Operating within the law, to most people, means abiding by the legal statutes that apply to the business. Sometimes these concepts overlap, but they are not identical.

Clause 3.1 in the IIDA Code of Ethics says, “In performing professional services, Professional and Associate Members shall exercise reasonable care and competence, and shall conform to existing laws, regulations and codes governing the profession of interior design as established by the state or other jurisdiction in which they conduct business.”³ Other associations generally have similar clauses in their code of conduct. Thus, legal behavior in practice goes hand in hand with ethical behavior in the profession.